Posted on 12/12/2005 11:26:03 AM PST by minus_273
Woman died on cannabis drug trial
Sativex is made from the cannabis plant A woman developed mental health problems and later died after taking part in trials of a cannabis-based drug, an inquest has heard.
Diabetic Rene Anderson, aged 69 from Sheffield, was taken to hospital after starting to take Sativex to see if it would relieve pain she was suffering.
She died in March 2004 from acute kidney failure.
The continuing inquest is expected to have implications for the use of drugs derived from cannabis.
Useful relief
Mrs Anderson, a retired supermarket supervisor from Silkstone Close in Frecheville, had been taking part in a trial supervised by diabetes expert Dr Solomon Tesfaye.
He told the court he wanted to investigate whether cannabis could provide useful relief from the severe pain experienced by diabetic neuropathy sufferers.
Sativex, which is not yet licensed in the UK but has been granted a licence in Canada, had shown good results in multiple sclerosis sufferers, Dr Resfaye said.
He was first aware of Mrs Anderson's case when her family complained about her mental problems just days after her treatment began.
Admitted to hospital
The doctor said the dose of the drug, which is taken using an oral spray, was reduced but Mrs Anderson's daughter, Jackie Sadler, rang back two weeks later to tell of her mother's deterioration.
Sheffield coroner Chris Dorries heard how Mrs Anderson suffered a series of physical problems after she was admitted to hospital in October 2003, 23 days after starting to take Sativex
These included pneumonia which culminated in her death five months later.
The coroner said the purpose of the inquest was to examine what links there were, if any, between the experimental treatment and the physical deterioration which led to Mrs Anderson's death.
The inquest, which began on Monday, is expected to last five or six days.
Nothing there says death from marijuana is more common. Mind pointing me to the relevant passage?
actually, you druggies are all the same (sounds bad doesnt it, lets refrain from that).
That aside, it will hurt the pro-pot crowd. Look at some of the other posts about how this will be "sensationalized" in the UK.
Think before you post that is the difference between us and the DU.
If that were true, the govt propaganda machine would have told us all about it. Where is your source for this info?
Care to show us the statistics backing up that "all the time" statement?
I didn't think so.
"Dogs like beer better cuz it helps them mark their territories. Pot like cigs gives dry throats."
"That sounds like a logical reasoning question off the LSAT" :P
LOL...Hey, all I could think of was stupid questions, stupid answers.
Canadian indoor grown pot is no better than indoor pot grown in the U.S. What, do you think your indoor climates are better up there or something?
heroin was once legal too (its a pain killer). Extacy was as well. Many drugs that are illegal now were up until very recently legal.
your point being?
"But for every one of them there are many who smoke pot who are highly intelligent and lead very useful and good lives."
I think it's more like: for every bunch of them, there is one who leads a very useful and good life.
Hey idiot, reread your own post.
She took a synthetic form of pot. Big difference.
Man, you pro-drug warriors are all the same....
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Like you HYPER sensitive liberal dopers, huh. Rolls eyes.
yay, you are using the ad-hominem attacks.
here is a reason. Thats just the tip of the iceberg.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1538938/posts?page=29#29
Ask anyone, our pot is insanely powerful.
Never met anyone who smoked pot who had anything like those problems. But have known (and been related to) many who died or became completely screwed up because of booze. It is doubtful your friends only smoked pot. Chances are they had multiple addictions in addition to smoking.
Hey MadManDan, nice hair cut.
I hear it's overpriced bull$hit.
Let us just hope he doesn't SHOW us.
What passage in your quoted material supports your contention that "death from marijuana is common"?
Raising susceptibility is not the same as "causing" death. How 'bout the passage that states "Clinical studies in humans so far, though, haven't demonstrated that these effects are clinically relevant". How does that support your contention.
Go smoke some more grass, hippy.
Hey idiot, reread your own post.
She took a synthetic form of pot. Big difference.
Man, you pro-drug warriors are all the same....
"drug warriors always resort to ad hominem attacks, childish insults"
42 posted on 12/12/2005 1:56:44 PM CST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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What was that about "childish insults"?
This is actually true.
I once many years ago took some pot and developed a lot of guilt so I replaced it.
I never again took any pot that wasn't mine.
I doubt that Hillary has ever been stoned.
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